Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Directed by	Wilhelm Thiele
Written by	Carroll Young (story); Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Based on	Characters created; by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller; Nancy Kelly
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild; Russell Harlan
Edited by	Ray H. Lockert
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 26, 1943;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tarzan's Desert Mystery is a 1943 American Tarzan film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Johnny Weissmuller and Nancy Kelly.^[1]

Like its immediate predecessor, Tarzan Triumphs, the film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show her on screen. The explanation for her absence, as in the earlier film, is that she is still in the United Kingdom helping the war effort. (Maureen O'Sullivan had played Jane in the first six of Weissmuller's Tarzan films, but when the character of Jane returned after a two-picture absence, she was played by Brenda Joyce, not O'Sullivan.)

The picture's supporting players include Johnny Sheffield as "Boy", Otto Kruger, Joe Sawyer, Robert Lowery and John Dehner in an unbilled role as Prince Ameer.

^ Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. p. 103. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[1] Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. p. 103. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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